Bio
Gopal Lahiri is a Kolkata, India, based bilingual poet and critic and published in English and Bengali language. He has published 30 books to his credit and his works are translated in 16 languages. Recent credits: The Wise Owl, Catjun Mutt Press, Dissident Voice, Piker Press, Indian Literature, Kitaab, Setu, Undiscovered Journal, Poetry Breakfast, The Best Asian Poetry, Converse, Cold Moon, Verse-Virtual journal and elsewhere. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021.
Gopal Lahiri
Lamplight
A modicum of laughter pierces solitude
the moon here turns into a lamplight.
The stars hang on the bridges and
shout about the night that remains.
They rip open the empty streets
where dark songs store their lyrics.
I count exile years of my shoulder
spilling forth from an iron almirah.
But there are moments when I watch
myself crying before the broken mirror.
I try to say something but the white owl
catches my words and blows them.
The west wind takes my body in exchange
of sleepless dream that I cannot gather in my palm.